About Gangdhara Village

Gangdhara is a small village in Phulparas tehsil, in the district of Madhubani, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 135 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.9 hectares hectares.

Gangdhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangdhara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Madhubani
Tehsil	Phulparas
Area (hectares)	210.9 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	135
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangdhara compares

By the 2011 count Gangdhara is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,150 residents. Its 210.9 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Gangdhara

Gangdhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangdhara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangdhara from other places

Gangdhara lies about 42 km from Madhubani, and the nearest railway station is Khutauna, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gangdhara
Tehsil headquarters	Phulparas	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Khutauna	12 km
Nearest town	Nirmāli	16 km
District headquarters	Madhubani	42 km

Villages closest to Gangdhara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Phulparas tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Gangdhara

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangdhara village had a population of 248. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,150 residents.

Gangdhara village has 135 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangdhara has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Gangdhara covers 210.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangdhara falls under Phulparas tehsil of Madhubani district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gangdhara is Khutauna, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangdhara.

Gangdhara is about 42 km from Madhubani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangdhara is in Phulparas tehsil of Madhubani district. Phulparas is about 7.2 km away. Khutauna is about 12 km away. Nirmāli is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.